Erin Dunn-Keefe

ALT (Title) There are days when I am (my name) and days when I am not. My heart is a/an (adjective) (verb)ing (noun) in the morning and a/an (adjective) (verb)ing (noun) at night. If only I could (verb) in the (noun), I would be (adjective). If only I could let go of (noun), I would be the (verb)ing (noun). (Someone's name), this poem is for you. To love you is to be the (repeat blue words). (writing prompt by Joseph Fasano)

ALT We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them. —Simone Weil

ALT To Manage She writes to me— I can’t sleep because I’m seventeen Sometimes I lie awake thinking I didn’t even clean my room yet And soon I will be twenty-five And a failure And when I’m fifty—oh! I write her back Slowly      slow Clean one drawer Arrange words on a page Let them find one another Find you Trust they might know something You aren’t living      the whole thing At once   That’s what a minute    said to an hour Without me      you are nothing —Naomi Shihab Nye